Invitation to Quote for an Interpretation and Translation Service for Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing People in Shropshire

Shropshire Council is seeking a provider who has a good working knowledge of Shropshire, it's health and care system and Voluntary and community sector and is inviting quotations for a 3-year contract to provide Interpretation and sign language services for Deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing people within Shropshire, which will take the form of:

• British sign language/English interpreters

• Deafblind interpreters

• Lipspeakers

• Speech-to-text operators

• Notetakers

• Sight translations of written documents into British sign language

• Translation of written documents into British sign language onto

DVD/digital files

• Telephone interpretations

• An out of hours and emergency message service and

• To coordinate this provision, via a comprehensive booking service using both in-house and freelance Communication Professionals.

The contract will be effective from 1st April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years.

Contract payments will be fixed at £14,500 per annum

Any additional cost not set out in the contract will be paid with prior discussion and agreement from the Council, at a half hourly rate.

Tender Documents

• Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder → — Tender notice
• Invitation to Quote document → — Tender notice